Fourth Circuit· 5/17/2011

United States v. Smith

Citations

640 F.3d 580
2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 9948
2011 WL 1844578

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explaining that the general presumption that a guilty plea accepted after a Rule 11 colloquy is conclusive “does not obtain when voluntariness is attacked based on the constructive denial of counsel”
noting that a “defendant’s obstinacy” cannot force the district court to substitute counsel
\[T]he defendant's Sixth Amendment right to successor appointed counsel arises because the initial appointment has ceased to constitute Sixth Amendment assistance of counsel.\
no breakdown in communication where counsel continued to “provide meaningful assistance” and discussed the case with defendant at several opportunities
no breakdown in communication where counsel continued to “provide meaningful assistance” and discussed the case with defendant at several opportunities
“Even if a breakdown is genuine, after granting one or more substitution motions a court may well decline to grant further motions if it finds that yet another substitution would not remedy the problem.”

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Judges: King, Agee, Davis

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